Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Bell housing is back from machining and trial fitted on my spare engine first for fitment, after a few little mods for starter motor clearance it fitted up nicely. I also made a few minor adjustments to the plate, these have been passed on to John to get the plates 100% perfect.







Next it was offered up to the engine to see how it fitted in the tunnel

[Ianbavs]

Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

How did it fit looks tight

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

How did it fit looks tight

It went in fairly easy to be honest, I think the camera angle makes it look a lot tighter than it is, plus the box was jacked right up so it touched the top of the tunnel in the pics.

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

It lines up nice in the gearstick hole too

[mexicotait]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Have you tried it yet
How does it feel?

You had a look at your 5 speed to see what's up with it?

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Have you tried it yet
How does it feel?

You had a look at your 5 speed to see what's up with it?

Not yet mate, still got to modify my pedal box to accept hydraulic clutch and get a prop made up. My tran x has gone off to the gearbox builders for repair and full rebuild, I haven't got time to do it myself this time.

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

The box is now fully mounted.

Rear mount I made up





Fitment through the gearbox hole is excellent

[mexicotait]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Looks good

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Made a start converting the pedal box to accept hydraulic clutch today

[onecamohv]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

loooking good luke! im watching this with real interest and on the lookout for a cheap box - i think il do this in the summer and sell on my long first t9 for double the cost of this conversion!
im interested to see first how the ratios will suit the XE, what diff ratio are you running luke?

[onecamohv]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

p.s are you running a large tunnel?

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

The ratios are very good if you ignore 1st gear, 2nd to 6th has almost identical ratios to my tran x type 9, that's what made me go for it.
I'm on a 4.6cwp and a large grp4 tunnel. My only concern is strength, but freddy68 has tested his and its stood up to the punishment well.

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Pedal box conversion is done and ready to refit after a quick coat of paint

[freddy686868]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Pedal box conversion is done and ready to refit after a quick coat of paint

Fairplay that pedal box is pukka! Won't be long and you'll be up and running, you'll never look back then.

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

I hope so after all this effort